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I want to be format my hard disk, but want to take a backup copy of information from the Firefox and passwords and book marks so retrieved after formatThank you

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I want to be format my hard disk, but want to take a backup copy of information from the Firefox and passwords and book marks so retrieved after format Thank you

I want to be format my hard disk, but want to take a backup copy of information from the Firefox and passwords and book marks so retrieved after format Thank you

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For backing up bookmarks, see Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer

If you want to back up passwords, you need to use an extension such as Password Exporter. This is located at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2848/ .

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For backing up bookmarks, see Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer

If you want to back up passwords, you need to use an extension such as Password Exporter. This is located at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2848/ .